Orlando, Fla. (November 9, 2015) – At iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium, Learning.com today announced key enhancements to its flagship product, EasyTech, which will help ensure students have the skills needed to leverage technology in an educational setting. Today's students are digital natives, yet many do not have the critical digital literacy skills they need for learning, such as keyboarding and word processing, visual mapping, and online communication.

EasyTech now features new middle school lessons that cover real-life applications of spreadsheet, presentation and image editing tools, as well as how to effectively search the web and collaborate online. Other new lessons added to EasyTech in the past year included five middle school word processing lessons and three online safety lessons for middle and high school.

“Thriving in an online school, flipped classroom or blended learning environment requires students to have digital literacy skills,” said Learning.com CEO Keith Oelrich. “Learning.com is committed to providing solutions that help students develop the digital literacy skills they need to be successful online learners.”

New lessons are now available for all EasyTech customers. To learn more, visit the digital literacy solutions page or visit Learning.com in Orlando at the iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium from November 8-11 at Booth 419.

About Learning.com

Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with nearly 15,000 schools, 2,500 districts and serves 5 million students. Learning.com provides K-12 solutions to help students, teachers, and schools excel in a digital world. Districts equip their students with the technology and 21st century skills needed for success on online assessments, college, and the workforce using Learning.com’s digital literacy solutions. Learning.com’s digital content tools help districts build and share custom digital curriculum helping them meet their instructional goals, facilitate personalized learning, and address budget challenges. Through implementation services and professional development, Learning.com serves educators as they integrate technology and digital content into instruction.

Classrooms are increasingly moving toward project-based teaching methods to help students develop critical thinking, problem solving and other 21st century skills. Learning.com introduces Inquiry, a project-based approach to integrating technology into core instruction. Specifically developed for K-8 students and created to support Common Core State Standards, Inquiry includes six core curriculum projects per grade level. Each project is based on a theme that continues from grade to grade, building on previously acquired subject-area knowledge and technology skills.

When kids go back to school in the fall, they might find the curriculum has expanded to reading, math, science, social studies and coding, even in kindergarten. To support the movement to make coding the “fifth core subject,” Learning.com today announced EasyCode, an intuitive, teacher-friendly digital curriculum for introducing coding skills to elementary and middle school students.

Portland, Ore. (Feb. 4, 2015) – Today’s graduates need formal technology skills to be successful, whether pursuing higher education or entering the workforce after high school. Now available for district purchase and implementation, Project NextTech is a two-semester course that provides project-based instruction to help students develop the technology proficiency, information literacy and media literacy skills needed to thrive in an increasingly digital world.

The eTech Ohio Commission, a state leader in promoting access to and use of technology for Ohio learners, has partnered with Learning.com to make EasyTech Online Safety curriculum available for K-12 students, teachers, and administrators in all of Ohio’s public schools and chartered non-public districts. Learning.com’s EasyTech Online Safety curriculum is a complete K-12 Internet safety program that provides students with the skills to be safe, ethical digital citizens as they communicate online.